[El Gato]

Exactly, it has to be a bolt action rifle or they guy has a brass catcher on it.

Could be single shot, either break action, falling block, etc.

[archy]

Could be a single shot, either break action, falling block, etc.

Or even a cheap, pawnshop bolt-action repeater missing its magazine. If it's a Savage 340 with interchangable barrels, that'll muddy the ballistic comparisons of recovered bullets nicely.

-archy-/-